Local company claims it can 'clear your air' for better breathing

Company claims device cleans air you breathe

A South Florida company says it has the cure for bad air. BetterAir, of Delray Beach, claims their device called Ecological Balancing System can vaporize the good bacteria that is found in our bodies and in yogurt and release that bacteria into the air.

A South Florida company says it has the cure for bad air.BetterAir, of Delray Beach, claims their device called Ecological Balancing System can vaporize the good bacteria that is found in our bodies and in yogurt and release that bacteria into the air.The device is about the size of a clock radio and it’s supposed to clear the air of harmful bacteria.Simon Dery, the marketing director for Better Air, told WPBF 25 News, “After 10 years of research we managed to develop a liquid form of probiotics that is actually effective."It's a pretty great pitch. But Yafa Blach said her response to the idea of probiotic droplets in the air curing her chronic coughing was, “Yeah, right.”But her doctor told her she had nothing to lose. She says, “I had a disease. It was from the lung and through that I developed a very harsh asthma disease. Constantly I had to be on steroids and antibiotics.”Blach said it took several weeks of running the Ecological Balancing System' near her bed, where dust mites and bacteria live. And she noticed she wasn't coughing anymore -- no more getting up in the middle of the night to cough the phlegm out.Better Air Inc. gave us results from lab work that appears to show the allergen cladosporium, which is a fungus, as well as staphylococcus bacteria, were cleared from an air sample using the company's probiotics products. There's a convenient travel size for the product too, a spray bottle you can take with you in your car, into the office or even onto an airplane. The people with Better Air Inc. claim they are the only ones in the world with this technology. And it's so new, there's not much out there to tell us any more about the validity or effectiveness of airborne probiotics. But count Blach as a believer -- a grateful one, who's now sleeping through the night. She told us, “I swear by it, a 100 percent.”So, do the BetterAir vaporized probiotics products really work? There are no clinical trials that prove it.But the company's website claims they'll “refund every penny” if you're not satisfied. That's a lot of pennies: the spray bottles go for about $13 while the large size is $28. The bedside machine costs $349 on the BetterAir website.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. —

A South Florida company says it has the cure for bad air.

BetterAir, of Delray Beach, claims their device called Ecological Balancing System can vaporize the good bacteria that is found in our bodies and in yogurt and release that bacteria into the air.

The device is about the size of a clock radio and it’s supposed to clear the air of harmful bacteria.

Simon Dery, the marketing director for Better Air, told WPBF 25 News, “After 10 years of research we managed to develop a liquid form of probiotics that is actually effective."

It's a pretty great pitch. But Yafa Blach said her response to the idea of probiotic droplets in the air curing her chronic coughing was, “Yeah, right.”

But her doctor told her she had nothing to lose. She says, “I had a disease. It was from the lung and through that I developed a very harsh asthma disease. Constantly I had to be on steroids and antibiotics.”

Blach said it took several weeks of running the Ecological Balancing System' near her bed, where dust mites and bacteria live. And she noticed she wasn't coughing anymore -- no more getting up in the middle of the night to cough the phlegm out.

Better Air Inc. gave us results from lab work that appears to show the allergen cladosporium, which is a fungus, as well as staphylococcus bacteria, were cleared from an air sample using the company's probiotics products. There's a convenient travel size for the product too, a spray bottle you can take with you in your car, into the office or even onto an airplane.

The people with Better Air Inc. claim they are the only ones in the world with this technology. And it's so new, there's not much out there to tell us any more about the validity or effectiveness of airborne probiotics. But count Blach as a believer -- a grateful one, who's now sleeping through the night. She told us, “I swear by it, a 100 percent.”

So, do the BetterAir vaporized probiotics products really work? There are no clinical trials that prove it.

But the company's website claims they'll “refund every penny” if you're not satisfied. That's a lot of pennies: the spray bottles go for about $13 while the large size is $28.